Rereading Fyodor Dostoevsky’s „Crime and Punishment” in Animated Cartoons
Rereading Fyodor Dostoevsky’s „Crime and Punishment” in Animated Cartoons

Summary/Abstract: The paper studies interpretation of philosophical views and poetics of Fyodor Dostoyesky’s novel "Crime and Punishment" in animated cartoons. The Polish director Piotr Dumała creates an enigmatic story full of tragic emotions and looks upon Dostoyesvky as an essentially visual writer. Another film "Dostoevsky Project" (directors Alexander Bakanov and Nariman Skakov) combines computer animation with episodes of acting on the stage. It is a postmodernist interpretation of the novel reflecting shocking and provocative side of Dostoyesky’s writings. The last film studied in the paper is "Raskolninkov: Alternative History" (director Pavel Muntian) is a commercial advertisement of the Kaspersky Antivirus program. This witty parody of the clichés, which are rooted in the Russian culture, presents Dostoevsky as one of the predecessors of contemporary kitsch.

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